Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Separatist Leader In Donetsk Agrees To Open ‘Humanitarian Corridor’
Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, has agreed to let encircled Ukrainian government troops leave the battlefield after Russian President Vladimir Putin called on militia forces to open “a humanitarian corridor.” Zakharchenko said his forces would comply on the...
NATO To Discuss Ukraine Crisis
NATO officials meet August 29 in Brussels to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Tells Russia ‘Stop Lying’ About Its Ukraine Invasion
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power has told an emergency session of the UN Security Council that Russia must “stop lying” about its invasion of eastern Ukraine and its direct military support for pro-Kremlin separatists there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Few Brave Russians Protest Country’s Invasion Of Southeast Ukraine
While state media downplayed Russia’s invasion of Southeast Ukraine, a few protesters took to a Moscow square, and leading activists also tweeted their disagreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Freezing The Donbas
Russia appears to be playing an old game in Donbas. But it may have to play by some new rules. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Russia, Ukraine War Hits Home With Secret Funerals, Missing Men
Amid scenes of Russian paratroopers being paraded by the Ukrainian military, secret Russian funerals, and mothers asking where their sons are, fighting in eastern Ukraine appears now to be tangibly touching Russians. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting On The Streets Of Donetsk
RFE/RL’s Andrei Babitsky is in Donetsk and has sent this footage of fierce fighting on the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city this afternoon. (WARNING: Graphic content, including footage of dead bodies) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Protesters Demand Support For Embattled Troops In Eastern Ukraine
Protesters gathered outside the Defense Ministry in Kyiv for a second day on August 28, demanding the rescue of Ukrainian forces encircled by pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east. The protesters said the troops have not received adequate support, and demanded the resignation of Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey. (RFE/RL’s...
Families Of Detained Russian Soldiers Plead For Information
Ukraine’s security services are reported to be holding 10 Russian paratroopers who were captured on Ukrainian territory in recent days. The soldiers, all from a unit based in Kostroma, Russia, have said in filmed statements that they did not know they were being sent into Ukraine. RFE/RL’s Russian Service spoke to the soldiers’...
West Pressures Russia To Explain Military ‘Intervention’ In Ukraine
The West is increasing its pressure on Moscow to explain what U.S. officials have described as a direct intervention by the Russian military in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
